﻿using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Media;

namespace Deployment.Data.UI.Controls
{
    internal static class WPFHelpers
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Finds a parent of a given control/item on the visual tree.
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T">Type of Parent</typeparam>
        /// <param name="child">Child whose parent is queried</param>
        /// <returns>Returns the first parent item that matched the type (T), if no match found then it will return null</returns>
        public static T TryFindParent<T>(this DependencyObject child)
        where T : DependencyObject
        {
            DependencyObject parentObject = VisualTreeHelper.GetParent(child);
            if (parentObject == null) return null;
            T parent = parentObject as T;
            if (parent != null)
                return parent;
            else
                return TryFindParent<T>(parentObject);
        }
    }
}
